History
The majority of the land was acquired over twenty years beginning in the 1930s. The forest sits on over 5,400 acres (22 km2) of land and includes Profile Rock, a granite outcropping which local Native Americans believe to be the image of Chief Massasoit. Also in the forest is a 227-acre (0.9 km2) Wampanoag reservation.
The Civilian Conservation Corps worked on the property in its early years. A statue was dedicated in honor of the program and its efforts in the forest in September, 2002.
The forest is home to the annual "Fun Day in the Forest" event sponsored by the Friends of the Freetown-Fall River State Forest. For a number of years, it also served as the course for the Big Bang Mountain Bike Race, a benefit event for the Independence Day events in Freetown.
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